Grow Up similar games & best alternatives

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Grow Up

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One • 2016

Should you play it?

Leaping from mind-boggling heights, bouncing off Champolines, soaring inches from floating islands, BUD can do it all - that look of mild terror, that’s his daredevil face. Help the adorable little robot collect MOM’s scattered ship parts and return them to the moon.

What works

  • Large open world with vertical and horizontal exploration
  • Unique physics-based climbing and movement mechanics
  • Creative use of planting flora to aid traversal
  • Relaxing and charming atmosphere with soothing visuals and music
  • Good value for price with 8-12 hours of content

Things to keep in mind

  • Short main story and limited replayability beyond collectibles
  • Some players find controls fiddly or imprecise
  • Lack of multiplayer or social features
  • Early acquisition of powerful abilities reduces challenge
  • Minor technical issues and occasional crashes reported

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Zefyr: A Thief's Melody

  • Cirno! Lifts a Boulder

  • Sable

  • Tall Trails

  • Yooka-Replaylee

  • Mimpi

More thrilling

Games that feels like Grow Up but with more suspense and thrill

  • Solar Ash

  • A Story About My Uncle

  • Big Hops

  • Demon Tides

  • Grow Home

  • Shantae: Half-Genie Hero Ultimate Edition

More survival-focused

Games that feels like Grow Up but with a stronger survival pressure

  • Subnautica

  • Hans

  • Subnautica: Below Zero

  • Astrometica

  • Kaze and the Wild Masks

  • Airscape - The Fall of Gravity

Less expressive

Games that feels like Grow Up but with less self-expression and customization

  • Promenade

  • Berry Bury Berry

  • AER Memories of Old

  • SHEEPO

  • Isle of Ewe

  • Omno

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Similarity map

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Grow Up. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Grow Up. These titles are not in What to play next.

Grow Up: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Exploration. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Intimacy, Thrill.

Last update: 21/08/2026